Where does “Ursåch” come from?

Ursåch (Bavarian) comes from Bavarian ur-, from Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Ursåch (Bavarian): cause (source or reason of an event or action)

Definitions

  1. cause (source or reason of an event or action)

Ancestry of “Ursåch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bavarianur-ur- (proto-, primitive, original)
2Middle High Germanur-—
3Old High Germanur-thoroughly
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →
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